Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-04-17

This woEderful parsonage Is the sub
ject Of mach speculation and FROM pres
ent developments Is liable To create still
further excitement in the social circles
Of C~aliforuia. \ special disp itch TO the
Sacramento Bee. dated San Francisco.
April 9Th, says:
The Kissane matter continues to be
an absorbing topic Of conversation,
though every paper in the city il dumb.
The power welded 10 throttle exposure
will be understood zhen Rogers matri-
monial connections r9e explained. lie
is married to the widow Of Edward j.
Sanders, who WAS prominent n u law
yer and politician in California in the
hfties. He Mas u we'll known figure in
sacramento. and many Of the old resi-.
dents will r-member him we'll a. a hot
headed, i~mpetuous mau, generous TO II
fault, and his Own worst enemy. His
we sisters hre the wives of Lloyd Tevis
aud James j. llnggim, respectively, and
are tue grand DANES OF that exclusive"
social circle formed in this city by tie
late Senator Irwin and the nIvmbers OF
the Virginia colony.
In al interview by n Lee reporter
General Francis Darr is reported us say
ing:
"kissane is, i'll my opinion, the most
gifted and dangerous power for evil ON
the face Of the earth 10 day. lie has
committed crime, enough, ii committed
by separate Individuals, to ill IA good
sized p~eniientiary. The pubic has, ms
yet, only heard parts and snutch,s of
his criminal exploits. l have known
him ,ver since 1913. and he is still the
crafty, reSolrc.ful, IN ,cruplIous villIiu
that he WAS i'll his youth.
kissanc's criminal career for thirty
years Is the most marvellous story ia tue
annals of crime. He was leagured with
II Land that for years piled the bushes,
Of swindling insurance companies.
Rotten, WORKOUT Vessels were bought
and lrrightcd with fictitious costly car.
goes, insured for large amounts aud de.
struyed. The burning of the MuItha
Washington is only one Of many *
plUitS oil the kind, and attracted such
general II tehtiuu Oh accUuat OF the
great loss uf life.
Another practice OF the gang. whose
ramiic'tioLs extended through several
States, WAS to forge notes against very
old Iich men and stow them away where
they wonid assume the appearance Of
age. When the parties whose names
were forged died, the note, were brought
forth against the estates. Members of
the gang furnished all the oral t.slimu
ny to supply any pcDJ; ia 1t mi sht be
needed. In this way many estates
were plnndered. the operations extend
ing over half II dozen st itrs."
The cnuse for the p%romin,nt action
OF General Darr in this matter is given
by Il Bee reporter as f llow,:
One OF the principal actors in this
drama Of life, who has spent yrnrs Of
his lie cndca.yorIug to punish wrong
aud bring the guilty parties to justice,
is General DIrr, IA prominent citizen Of
San Fnncisco. Some 20 years ago he
was nlso engaged in business in SacTn.
meato. Daring their raids through
the Western States, the KisSaurs
burned property as we'll as scuttled
bonts and cutting throats. One OF the
losers by these dcprcditions was Grncr.
al Darr's father, who had IA larg. candle
factory burned. Ibis crime was com.
mitted mt about the same time the Mar
tina Washington was burned on the
Ohio river. Ii has been General DnTr's
main object TO compel Kissane to make
restitution. About three months ~
the General came to Sacramento to Talk
over the ''liogers" bu-ine,s enterprises
here with II number Of old citizens.